There has been a delay on box 3, it has been returned to me, as part of you address has been destroyed along the way.I'm not sure what they did to the box in order to to do it though???It has been re-boxed and is back on it's way to Horst.

Hehe, maybe an elephant stepped on it?I once sent a small box to the USA, and my friend used the same box to send stuff back, so this box had gone over the atlantic twice. It came back to me looking like a soccer ball,with no corners left at all!I really don't know what they do with these sometimes!In the postoffice here, I give my box to this guy, with 3 stickers saying 'fragile' on it, and hetosses it in this huge box 3 meters away from him...

I used to work in the post office and they do toss boxes while sorting mail. But it isn't just that they toss them...they bounce them off the wall first and then the boxes drop into the bin!...Then they toss more, and most likely heavier boxes, on top of your "fragile" package. This type of handling will happen every time your box is routed while on the way to it's addressee.

I strongly suggest packing anything you are concerned about with the "box in box" method. That is, pack the mineral just as you normally would for shipping. THEN, pack that box into another larger box with packing material (paper, foam, popcorn, bubblewrap, etc.) between all sides, top and bottom of the two boxes. If the inner box is heavy, use firmer packing and a larger outer box. We have received things packed this way where the outer box is virtually smashed into a ball and the inner box was untouched. Of course, if the mineral is truly fragile, it needs to be adequately supported to protect it from the shock of sudden stops when the box lands!

Well the box is back on it's way, this time instead of being just boxed, it's boxed and then inside a 'tough' envelope, which itself is quite hard to break open, and the address is not on a label sticker, but actually written on envelope so they can't loose part of it!...lol

To everyone below me on list #3, please know that Horst posted his parcel to me today from SA. As soon as I receive it here in Canada and process it, I'll send the parcel to the next person on the list.

I received the parcel from Horst last week, I took out three pieces (all 8 were from Tsumeb) and replaced them with three Canadian specimens from the Francon quarry in Montreal. I plan to post the parcel today or tomorrow to Jacques in France.

I put the parcel into the mail to you today Jacques, so you should receive it in a week or two. I left in 5 pieces from Horst from Tsumeb and I put in three from the Francon quarry in Montreal. Please let us know when it arrives.

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